What was Archie Moore real age in the Ali Fight

He was actually 107 years old.

 

WRONG man. Archie Moore was just a decade & change senior to The Brown Bomber when he fought Rocky. Which would make him a bit north of...

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Love that scene!

 

To be honest ,I don't think any one knows his real age .Its a bit like Liston ,he could have being over 40 when he had his last fight. One of the mysterious x files of boxing!

 

If he was born in December 1916, then he was a month shy of his 46th birthday for the Ali fight.

 

There was always a dispute over this. Records weren't kept in families or areas where children were mid-wifed into the world. Writing names in family bibles or carved into a tree were the norm. Moore always claimed to be born in 1919 and his mother said 1916. They also disputed where he was born. Moore again having one location and his mother another. Everyone generally went with what his mother said. Well, several years back Ring mag looked into the census that was taken way back when and really dug out a gem. They discovered a child (Archibald Wright) living in a household (they had specifics, I just can't remember them) that matched the age born in 1919 and from a certain area. They concluded that Archie was correct about his date of birth, but his mother was correct about where he was born. So Archie was about 36 for the Marciano fight not 39.

 

I’ve read the same stories but take a look at him. He looks much older than 36 for Rocky and 42 for Ali. Highly doubtful.

 

This is a rough old game though and can be sometimes hard to gauge with the type of career a fighter had. Don't forget going into the Marciano fight he had about 145 fights behind him. That's a lot of miles on the engine. I recall once seeing a picture in a magazine of Lee Savold who was in his early 30s in the pic and I swear, he could have passed for mid-40s easily. Suffice to say the Archie Moore age may always be a bit of a mystery.

 

I don’t know how old Archie was, but he got his ass kicked ...

 

Does he?

Here is Moore in 1955 training for Marciano..in great shape

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Great shape for sure and still a hell of a fighter .. I mean his face.

 

No sure thing. Agreed. I do say he was still a hell of a fighter.

 

Ok yeah I could see that, agreed

 

Well she always said he was 2 years older than he claimed and I guess she should know.
I think the best version of Moore loses to the best version of Rocky anyway.
I am not so certain that is the case when considering Rocky against prime versions of Charles or Walcott.